Jordan Weissmann

By purchasing America's second largest cinema chain, a Chinese conglomerate is hoping to launch a global entertainment takeover.… More »

Sales of soft drinks are falling in the United States. But don't start writing the industry's obituary yet.… More »

Years of research show that, when it comes to your future paycheck, the name on your degree really does count.… More »

The world's biggest record label wants to get even bigger. Here's why the government should stop it.… More »

Goodbye to shoe machine operators, hello to computer systems analysts.… More »

If anything, we need more extra luggage charges… More »

Thanks to some geological luck, drilling in the United States is much cheaper than abroad.… More »

A new study from Stanford might give eBay and Amazon reason to worry about what will happen if sales tax comes to the web.… More »

Real wages have been falling during since the recession ended. And the reasons why might be much deeper than a weak recovery.… More »

Americans believe gold is a better long-term bet than stocks, bonds, or real estate. Do they have a point?… More »

A new Gallup poll says ownership rates have plummeted. But that doesn't mean we should worry.… More »

America's using less and less, and exports might not be able to save the industry.… More »

Keeping rates down on a fraction of student loans won't do anything to solve the college affordability crisis.… More »

Walmart's Mexican bribery scandal is shining the spotlight on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, an obscure law that's become a bane for some of the World's largest corporations.… More »

Budget cuts have forced the school to slash its computer science program, yet its sports budget has increased. Here's why the administration isn't choosing athletics over academics.… More »

A college diploma isn't worth what it used to be. To get hired, grads today need hard skills.… More »

Obama has one answer. The Republicans have another. And both are wrong.… More »

How some of America's top law firms devoured profits before the Great Recession, got too fat, and are now suffering the consequences… More »

Banks and hedge funds have bet billions of dollars on oil in the last decade, but it's not clear whether they're driving up costs… More »

Each year, big time developers in the sunshine state save millions in property taxes by, yes, renting cattle… More »